Spanish pig exports exceeded 3.7 billion euros in the first 9 months of 2017
The main market for the Spanish pig exports was France, the exports reaching a turnover of over 683.8 million euros, which represents 18.5% of the total value exported.
France is followed by China, with 383.7 million euros; Japan, with 324.3 million euros; Italy, with 279.5 million euros; and Portugal, with 270.6 million euros. Furthermore, the analysts from INTERPORC say that there was an important increase which occurred in the sales of the pig sector to countries such as Hungary (+ 74.5%), the Philippines (+ 50%), Romania (+ 45%) or the Czech Republic (+ 36%).
Furthermore, a slight decrease of 1.3% was reported in terms of volume compared to the first three quarters from last year, reaching 1.5 million tons. In the volume category, France ranked again first, with 244,447 tons, followed by China, with 242,721 tons; and Italy, with 127,687 tons.
The fourth place was occupied by Portugal, with 93,086 tons; the fifth by Japan, where thanks to an increase of 20.6%, shipments exceeds 86,775 tons; and the sixth and seventh are occupied by the United Kingdom (52,678 tons) and South Korea (47,605 tons), respectively.
On the other hand, according to INTERPORC, there was an increase in volume in Hungary, up by 37%, the shipments reached 22,152 tons; sales to the Philippines, which reached 51,011 tons, increased by 24%; and the Netherlands, which exceeded 38,300 tons, with an increase of 23.9% compared to the first nine months of last year.
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